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ATC

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Current Status

History

Of the five ST`s built, this is the only one known to exist. Not too much is known of its history from 1937 to about 1939. It was eventually used at the start of WW II at the university of Georgia in the C.P.T.P. program to train pilots for the war effort. There is an unconfirmed report that it was involved in a fatal accident during the war, in which the pilot was killed, but no other details are known.

A new Menasco D4-87 engine, s/n 4364 was installed in Tampa, Florida about may 1950 and the aircraft was re-designated an ST-A. Shortly thereafter it was sold by George Smith to K.C. Benbow for 2500.00. It had a sunburst on the wings, and a checkerboard on the tail at that time. In 1953 it belonged to Eugene Riley, and then to Richard Spencer who had it to about August 1954. Irwin Hirsh and Bob Braun owned it next and flew it around the Chicago area for a while. It still had the silver and yellow checkerboard tail at the time.

Hirsh and Braun flew it from Chicago to New London, Connecticut where it was sold to two Navy Officers. They did not fly it much and in turn sold it about 1955 to a flying club in Bridgeport, Connecticut known as the Ryanites, run by Alan Wheeler. Ev Cassagneres joined the club for $50.00, and had a 30 minute checkout in 1957; he then flew the aircraft for $7.00 per hour. Only about four or five pilots were checked out in the ST and it was then sold to two men in the Camden, New jersey area. They did not fly it much and eventually it was purchased by Ev Cassagneres, and two partners for $1700.00 in August 1959.

Mr. Cassagneres bought out his two partners 3 years later.

The aircraft was then sold to John Knox, of Johnstown, New York for $4000.00, the money allowing Ev to pay his car off and get married!

Knox then donated the aircraft to an aeronautical school in New Hampshire, where it stayed for some time, and was often flown in demonstrations by its former owner, Ev Cassagneres until it was sold to the Owls Head Museum in Maine. The aircraft then went to Phoenix, Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, and Santa Paula, California. It was purchased by Mr. Ted Teach, in 1992,who is the current owner.

This was the last ST built with the crank handle and bicycle chain type of flap control. The next aircraft, S/N 118, NC 14986 came out with the large lever handle.

After Purchasing SN 117, Ted Teach soon discovered that what he hoped was an airworthy aircraft was not flyable, and trucked the airframe home and began a restoration. Ted eventually commissioned Doug Smith to restore the aircraft. As can be seen from the in progress photos the aircraft was restored to the highest standard, and 24 years after being purchased, flew again in 2016. Ted took SN 117 to Oshkosh in 2016, where his and Doug’s efforts were rewarded with the Vintage Grand Champion award.

Ownership History

• W.H. Irwin, Atlanta, Georgia;

• L.A. Smarje, Florida; Alonzo C. Lewis Jr. Tampa, Florida;

• William Bartram Attmore, Richmond, Virginia;

• Richmond School of Aviation, Richmond, Virginia;

• John A. Currie, President of Richmond School of Aviation;

• John Howard, Richmond, Virginia;

• University of Georgia School of Aviation Inc., Athens, Georgia;

• H.A. Miller, Ridgeland, South Carolina;

• E.D. Nass, Virginia beach, Virginia;

• Basil Kirke Watkins, Danville, Virginia;

• George Smith, Danville, Virginia;

• K.C. Benbow, Greensboro, North Carolina;

• Robert W. Moses, St Petersburg, Florida, Eugene Riley, Birmingham, Alabama;

• Richard A. Spencer, Tampa Florida;

• Irwin Hirsh, and Robert Braun, Chicago, Illinois;

• Lt. A. M. Brewer, and Ensign W.V.Miller, U.S. Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut;

• Ryanites, Bridgeport, Connecticut;

• Grant W. Booth, and Willard L. Lees, Camden, New Jersey;

• Jack Newton; Muriel Harris, and Ev Cassagneres, New Haven, Connecticut;

• John Knox, Knox Seaplane base, Lake Pleasant, New York;

• New England Aeronautical Institute, and Daniel Webster Junior Colege, Nashua, New Hampshire;

• Dr. Lloyd Roberst, Camden, Maine;

• Owls head Museum, Owls Head, Maine;

• Woodson K. Woods, Phoenix, Arizona;

• James Chaudon, Sparta New Jersey, and Tucson, Arizona;

• Julian Mann, Los Angeles, California;

• Don Young, Santa Barbara, California;

• Ted Teach, Dayton, Ohio.

Current Ownership

Ted Teach

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